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Constitution of 

Council of Jewish Women 



and Constitution for 



Senior Sections and for Sections of the 
Council of Jewish Juniors 




As Amended at th^-Sixth^TnenniaL Convention 
Philadelphia, December, 1911 



Copies of the Constitutions 
may be had of the National 
Treasurer, Mrs. Joseph E. 
Friend, 1807 Palmer Ave., 
New Orleans, La., at five 
cents each, prepaid. 



Constitution of 

/^„ iouncil of Jewish Women 

and Constitution for 

Senior Sections and for Sections of the 
Council of Jewish Juniors 




As Amended at the Sixth Triennial Convention 
Philadelphia, December, 1911 






In Exchansre 
D. C. Pub. lib. 



"c Council of lewish Women 

Member of the Council of Women of the United States 

and thru it of the International 

Council of Women 



OFFICERS 1911-1914 

MARION L. MISCH (MRS. CAESAR), President 
400 Westminster St., Providence, R. I. 

Bertha F. Rauh (Mrs. Enoch), First Vice-Presid't 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Melida Pappe (Mrs. Julius), Second Vice-Presid't 
Chicago, 111. 

Mrs. Paul Kessel, Recording Secretary 
Kansas City, Mo. 

Ida W. Friend (Mrs. Jos. E.), Treasurer 
1807 Palmer Ave., New Orleans, La. 

Mrs. Henry Streng, Auditor 

Louisville, Ky, 

MISS SADIE AMERICAN, Executive Secretary 
Headquarters 448 Central Park West, 
New York City. 



CONSTITUTION 

OF THE 

Council of Jewish Women 

(Incorporated 1909) 

As amended at the Sixth Triennial Convention held in 
Philadelphia, Pa.. December, 191 1 



PREAMBLE. 

We, Jewish Women, sincerely believing that a 
closer fellowship, a greater unity of thought and 
purpose and a nobler accomplishment will result 
from a widespread organization do therefore band 
ourselves together in a union of Workers to fur- 
ther the best and highest interests of humanity in 
fields Religious, Philanthropic and Educational. 



Article I. 
NAME 

This organization shall be called THE COUN- 
CIL OF JEWISH WOMEN. 



Article II. 
OBJECT 

The purposes of this organization are: To fur- 
ther united efforts in behalf of Judaism by supply- 
int*- means of study; by an organic union to bring 
about closer relations among Jewish women; to 
furnish a medium for interchange of thought and 
a means of communication and of prosecuting 
work of common interest; to further united ef- 
forts in the work of social betterment through 
Religion, Philanthropy and Education. 

Article III. 

OFFICERS 

Section 1. The officers of this organization 
shall be: a President, a First and a Second Vice- 
President, an Executive Secretary, a Recording 
Secretary, a Treasurer, an Auditor and a Board 
of ten Directors, all of whom, excepting the 
Auditor, together with the Chairmen of Standing 
Committees and of the Department of Im- 
migrant Aid shall form the Executive Committee. 

An Officer, Director or Member of a National 
Committee must be a paid member of the Section 
of the city in which she lives or, if there is none 
such, of a Section in the State, or she must be a 
Member-at-Large of the Council, or a Subscriber. 

Any woman who is a member of a Section in 
good standing or a Meml)er-at-Large of the Coun- 
cil from a city in which there is no Section or a 
Sul)scriber shall be eligible to any office in the 
National Organization. 

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The non-continuance of a Section as a member 
of the National Organization shall create a va- 
cancy in the offices held by any of its members, 
except in accordance with Art. Ill, Sec. 1. 

Section 2. The seven General Officers and the 
Directors shall be elected by ballot at the Trien- 
nial Convention. Five Directors shall be elected 
at each Triennial whose term of office shall be 
six years. Honorary Vice-Presidents may be 
elected at the Triennial Convention or at any 
meeting of the National Executive Committee on 
nomination of the National Executive Committee 
only. 

'A Vice-President for each State, Territory or 
Country may be appointed by the President after 
consultation with the Presidents of Sections 
where any such exist; all such appointments shall 
be subject to the approval of the Executive Com- 
mittee. 

All Officers, Directors, and Chairmen of Stand- 
ing Committees and of the Department of Im- 
migrant Aid shall hold their respective offices 
until their successors shall have been elected or 
appointed. 

COMMITTEES 

Section 3. There shall be nine Standing Com- 
mittees which shall be appointed by the Presi- 
dent: on Religion, Religious Schools, Philan- 
thropy, Junior Sections, Reciprocity, Peace and 
Arbitration, Education, Purity of Press, and 
Finance, and a Department of Immigrant Aid. 

A Committee of three on Revision of the Con- 
stitution shall be appointed by the President in 

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April of the Triennial year. This Committee shall 
receive all proposed amendments to the Constitu- 
tion (Art. X., Sec. 2, P. 24) and shall send them 
to all Sections at least thirty (30) days before the 
Triennial. 

The Chairman shall present a report in writing 
at the Triennial of such amendments as have been 
recommended by her Committee but any Dele- 
gate may present to the Triennial any amend- 
ment which has previously been sent to the Sec- 
tions by the Revision Committee. 

Other Committees may be appointed by the 
President as occasion demands. 

The President and Executive Secretary shall be 
ex-officio members of all National Committees 
or Departments. 

NOMINATING COMMITTEE 

Section 4. At the Triennial Convention a Nom- 
inating Committee shall be formed composed of 
one member from each State, Territory or Coun- 
try represented in the Council, such member to 
be chosen at the Convention by a majority of the 
delegates present from that State. This (Commit- 
tee shall elect its own Chairman and shall present 
to the Convention a ticket of Officers and Direc- 
tors to be balloted for. 

Article IV. 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS 

President 

Section 1. It shall be the duty of the President 
to preside at all meetings of the Council and of 
the Executive Committee and to perform such 
other duties as usually pertain to her office. She 

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shall appoint all National Committees and may 
appoint a Vice-President for State, Territory or 
Country. 

Vice-President 

Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Vice- 
Presidents-at-large, in their order, to perform the 
duties of President in her absence. It shall be 
the duty of each Vice-President for a State, Ter- 
ritory or Country to appoint a Committee or 
Committees on Organization of which she shall 
be Chairman. These Committees shall organize 
Sections wherever possible, assist those Sections 
already formed and shall send to the Executive 
Secretary of the Council a bi-monthly report of 
progress and work done. Vice-Presidents for 
State, Territory or Country may attend the meet- 
ings of the Executive Committee and have all the 
privileges thereof, except that of voting. 

Recording Secretary 

Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Record- 
ing Secretary to keep the Minutes at the sessions 
of the National Executive Committee and of the 
Triennial Convention, and to read them at the 
following meetings to make from her Minutes an 
Order of Business for the use of the President 
and to keep all documents sent to her. She shall 
prepare a written report to be presented at the 
Triennial Convention. 

Executive Secretary 

Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Executive 
Secretary to conduct all correspondence of the 
Council, to attend to all notices and printing and 
to perform such other duties as usually pertain to 

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this office. She shall prepare a written report to 
be presented at the annual meeting of the Nation- 
al Executive Committee and at the Triennial Con- 
vention. She shall be Editor-in-Chief of the Bul- 
letin, the official organ of the Council. 

The Executive Secretary shall receive a salary 
to be fixed by the Executive Committee. 

Treasurer 

Section 5. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer 
to collect and receive the dues from the several 
Sections and the annual subscriptions from Sub- 
scribers, Patrons, etc. and all other moneys due 
or coming to the Council. She shall be the cus- 
todian of the funds of the Council, out of v^hich 
she shall pay only upon the order of the Presi- 
dent and Executive Secretary. She shall furnish 
a bond in such sum as the Executive Committee 
shall determine. She shall take and file vouchers 
for all disl^^irsements of moneys and shall keep 
an account of all receipts, remittances and ex- 
penditures. She shall make annually, in writing, 
a report to the Executive Committee, to be sent 
in duplicate to the President and Executive Secre- 
tary and shall prepare, in writing, a full report of 
the finances of the Council which she shall pre- 
sent at the Triennial Convention, which shall 
embody an itemized statement of dues from each 
Section and of receipts from other sources and 
an itemized account of expenditures. She shall 
make a similar accounting at any time on request 
of the President. 

She shall present her books for inspection to 
the Auditor at the close of the fiscal year and 
before May 15th. 

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Section 6. It shall be the duty of the Auditor 
to audit the accounts of the Treasurer annually, 
immediately at the close of the fiscal year, i. e., 
before May 15th and to send a written report in 
detail of such audit to the President and Execu- 
tive Secretary and to report to the annual meet- 
ing of the National Executive Committee and to 
the Triennial Convention. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

Section 7. The Executive Committee shall 
have entire charge of the affairs of the Council 
and shall have power to enforce the Constitution. 
It shall fill all vacancies that may occur in its 
own body during a Triennial Period. 

The Executive Committee shall hold an Annual 
Meeting at such time and place as it shall decide. 
In case of the absence of the Recording Secretary 
it shall elect a Recording Secretary pro tem. A 
report of the result of its deliberations at its an- 
nual meeting shall be sent to all officers and Sec- 
tions of the Council through the Executive Secre- 
tary. 
BULLETIN 

It may issue a Bulletin as the official organ of 
the Council, quarterly or oftener, as it may de- 
termine, which shall be sent to every member of 
the Council free of charge. The Executive Secre- 
tary shall be the Editor-in-Chief of the Bulletin. 

Article V. 
DUTIES OF COMMITTEES 

AND DEPARTMENTS 
Religion 

Section 1. The Committee on Religion shall 

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consist of five (5) members the Chairman of 
which shall be ex-officio a member of the Exe- 
cutive Committee. It shall be the duty of this 
Committee, within two months after its appoint- 
ment, to prepare and submit for approval, in 
duplicate, to the President and Executive Secre- 
tary, a plan for study of Jewish Religion, History 
and Literature, which shall be used by the Sec- 
tions of the Council. 

The Chairman shall prepare in writing an an- 
nual report to be sent, in duplicate, to the Presi- 
dent and Executive Secretary before the first day 
of June, which shall embody a report of the work 
done by the Committees and by the Sections 
during the year and suggestions for bettering the 
work for the ensuing year or years. She shall 
prepare a supplementary report for the Annual 
Executive Meeting and a similar report for the 
Triennial Period to be presented to the Triennial 
Convention. 

Religious Schools 

Section 2. The Committee on Religious 
Schools shall consist of five (5) members the 
Chairman of which shall be ex-officio a member of 
the Executive Committee. It shall be the duty of 
this Committee to make the condition and im- 
provement of Religious Schools its special study 
and work, to seek to provide classes and schools 
for the study of religion for all Jewish children 
not so provided and, within two months after its 
appointment, to prepare and submit for approval, 
in duplicate, to the President and Executive Sec- 
retary a plan of study and work which shall be 
used by the Sections of the Council. 

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The Chairman shall prepare in writing an an- 
nual report to be sent, in duplicate, to the Presi- 
dent and Executive Secretary before the first day 
of June, which shall embody a report of the work 
done by the Committees and by the Sections dur- 
ing the year and suggestions for bettering the 
work for the ensuing year or years. She shall 
prepare a supplementary report for the Annual 
Executive Meeting and a similar report for the 
Triennial Period to be presented to the Triennial 
Convention. 

Philanthropy 

Section 3. -The Committee on Philanthropy 
shall consist of five (5) members the Chairman 
of which shall be ex-officio a member of the Exe- 
cutive Committee. It shall be the duty of this 
Committee within two months after its appoint- 
ment to prepare and submit for approval, in dupli- 
cate, to the President and Executive Secretary, a 
plan of study and work which shall be used by 
the Sections of the Council. 

The Chairman shall prepare in writing an an- 
nual report to be sent, in duplicate, to the Presi- 
dent and Executive Secretary before the first day 
of June, which shall embody a report of the work 
done by the Committees and by the Sections 
during the year and suggestions for bettering the 
work for the ensuing year or years. She shall 
prepare a supplementary report for the Annual 
Executive Meeting and a similar report for the 
Triennial Period to be presented to the Triennial 
Convention. 

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Reciprocity 

Section 4. The Committee on Reciprocity shall 
consist of five (5) members the Chairman of 
which shall be ex-officio a member of the Exe- 
cutive Committee. It shall be the duty of the 
Committee to encourage and arrange for the in- 
terchange of visits of speakers betw^een the Sec- 
tions, to maintain a l)ureau where slides, papers 
and addresses delivered before the Sections shall 
be kept and from which they may be secured by 
the Sections; within two (2) months after its 
appointment it shall prepare and submit for ap- 
proval, in duplicate, to the President and Execu- 
tive Secretary, a list of available papers and 
slides, together with a plan for making its work 
effective. This Committee shall pass upon all 
papers sent to it as to their being worthy of a 
place in the Bureau. The Committee shall fur- 
ther be a medium for exchange of information be- 
tween the Sections. 

The Chairman shall prepare in writing an an- 
nual report to be sent, in duplicate, to the Presi- 
dent and Executive Secretary before the first day 
of June, which shall embody a report of the work 
done by the Committees and by the Sections dur- 
ing the year and suggestions for bettering the 
work for the ensuing year or years. She shall 
prepare a supplementary report for the Annual 
Executive Meeting and a similar report for the 
Triennial Period to be presented to the Triennial 
Convention. 

Junior Sections 

Section 5. The Committee on Junior Sections 
shall consist of five (5) members the Chairman 

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of which shall be ex-officio a member of the Exe- 
cutive Committee. It shall be the duty of this 
Committee to organize Junior Sections of boys 
and girls between the ages of fifteen (15) and 
twenty-five (25) years. It shall organize a Reci- 
procity Bureau for the exchange of papers, etc. 
among Junior Sections within two months after 
its appointment. It shall prepare a plan of study 
and work for Junior Sections, which it shall sub- 
mit for approval, in duplicate, to the President 
and Executive Secretary and which shall be used 
by the Junior Sections. 

The Chairman shall prepare in writing an an- 
nual report to be sent, in duplicate, to the Presi- 
dent and Executive Secretary before the first day 
of June, which shall embody a report of the work 
done by the Committees and by the Sections dur- 
ing the year and suggestions for bettering the 
work for the ensuing year or years. She shall 
prepare a supplementary report for the Annual 
Executive Meeting and a similar report for the 
Triennial Period to be presented to the Triennial 
Convention. 

Peace and Arbitration 

Section 6. The Committee on Peace and Arbi- 
tration shall consist of five (5) members the 
Chairman of which shall be ex-of^cio a member 
of the Executive Committee. It shall be the duty 
of this Committee, through the corresponding 
local committees, to arrange an annual meeting at 
which Peace and Arbitration shall be the subject 
presented to follow so far as possible the plans 
of the Committees on Peace of the National and 
International Councils of Women and also to 

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co-operate with and report on other movements 
for peace. Within two (2) months after its ap- 
pointment it shall prepare and submit for approv- 
al, in duplicate, to the President and Executive 
Secretary a plan of work which shall be used by 
the Sections. 

The Chairman shall prepare in writing an an- 
nual report to be sent, in duplicate, to the Presi- 
dent and Executive Secretary before the first day 
of June, which shall embody a report of the work 
done by the Committees and by the Sections dur- 
ing the year and suggestions for bettering the 
work for the ensuing year or years. She shall 
prepare a supplementary report for the Annual 
Executive Meeting and a similar report for the 
Triennial Period to be presented to the Triennial 
Convention. 

Immigrant Aid 

Section 7. It shall be the duty of the Depart- 
ment of Immigrant Aid within two (2) months 
after its appointment to prepare and submit for 
approval, in duplicate, to the President and Exe- 
cutive Secretary a plan of work for the protection, 
aid and education of immigrant girls and women 
and for co-operation between the Sections to this 
end, which plan shall be used by the Sections. 

The Chairman shall prepare in writing an an- 
nual report to be sent, in duplicate, to the Presi- 
dent and Executive Secretary before the first day 
of June, which shall embody a report of the work 
done by the Committees and by the Sections dur- 
ing the year and suggestions for bettering the 
work for the ensuing year or years. She shall 
prepare a supplementary report for the Annual 

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Executive Meeting and a similar report for the 
Triennial Period to be presented to the Triennial 
Convention. 

Education 

Section 8. The Committee on Education shall 
consist of five (5) members whose Chairman shall 
be ex-officio a member of the Executive Commit- 
tee. It shall be the duty of this Committee, with- 
in two (2) months after its appointment, to pre- 
pare and submit for approval, in duplicate, to the 
President and Executive Secretary, a plan of 
study and work which shall be used by the Sec- 
tions, 

The Chairman shall prepare in writing an an- 
nual report to be sent, in duplicate, to the Presi- 
dent and Executive Secretary before the first day 
of June, which shall embody a report of the work 
done by the Committees and by the Sections dur- 
ing the year and suggestions for bettering the 
work for the ensuing year or years. She shall 
prepare a supplementary report for the Annual 
Executive Meeting and a similar report for the 
Triennial Period to be presented to the Triennial 
Convention. 

Purity of the Press 

Section 9. The Committee on Purity of the 
Press shall consist of five (5) members whose 
Chairman shall be ex-officio a member of the Ex- 
ecutive Committee. It shall be the duty of this 
Committee to seek to form a Public Opinion 
which shall demand the omission of objectionable 
matter from publications within two (2) months 

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after its appointment it shall prepare and submit, 
in duplicate, to the President and Executive Sec- 
retary a plan of work. 

The Chairman shall prepare in writing an an- 
nual report to be sent, in duplicate, to the Presi- 
dent and Executive Secretary before the first day 
of June, which shall embody a report of the work 
done by the Committees and by the Sections dur- 
ing the year and suggestions for bettering the 
work for the ensuing year or years. She shall 
prepare a supplementary report for the Annual 
Executive Meeting and a similar report for the 
Triennial Period to be presented to the Triennial 
Convention. 

Finance 

Section 10. The Committee on Finance shall 
consist of five (5) members whose Chairman shall 
be ex-ofiicio a member of the Executive Commit- 
tee. It shall be the duty of this Committee to 
secure Patrons and Sul)scril:)ers to the Council for 
the purpose of securing funds payable into the 
National Treasury sufficient to extend its work. 

The Chairman shall prepare in writing an an- 
nual report to be sent, in duplicate, to the Presi- 
dent and Executive Secretary before the first day 
of June, which shall embody a report of work 
done during the year and suggestions for bettering 
the work for the ensuing year or years. She shall 
prepare a supplementary report for the Annual 
Executive Meeting and a similar report for the 
Triennial Period to be presented to the Triennial 
Convention. 

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Article VI. 

SECTIONS 

Senior Sections 

Section 1. Sections of this organization, to be 

known as the 

SECTION of THE COUNCIL OF JEWISH 
WOMEN, shall be formed in the cities of the Uni- 
ted States and wherever else possible. They shall 
have members whose due shall be Two (2) Dol- 
lars annually, payable May 1st in advance, one- 
half of which shall be paid into the National 
Treasury. Each Section shall be governed by the 
Constitution for Senior Sections and it shall ac- 
cept and sign, through its President and Secre- 
tary, the Constitution of The Council of Jewish 
Women and the Constitution for Senior Sections 
as amended at the last Triennial Convention. 

Section 2. No Section of the Council, Senior or 
Junior, shall take any action involving the Nation- 
al Organization or any of its ofificers, unless, at 
least ten days before the meeting, notification, in 
writing, of the proposed action shall have been 
sent to all members of the Section and to the. 
National Officers. 

Junior Sections 

Section 3. Junior Sections, to be known as the 

SECTION of 

THE COUNCIL OF JEWISH JUNIORS, shall 
be formed in the cities of the United States. Each 
Junior Section shall be governed by the Constitu- 
tion for Junior Sections and it shall accept and 
sign, through its President and Secretary, the 
Constitution of the Council of Jewish Women and 
for Junior Sections as amended at the last Trien- 

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nial Convention. Junior Sections shall have mem- 
bers whose due shall be One (1) Dollar annually, 
payable May 1st in advance, one-third of which 
shall be paid into the National Treasury. 

Article VII. 
DUTIES OF SENIOR SECTIONS 
Constitution 

Section 1. Each Section shall, through its 
President and Secretary, accept and sign the Con- 
stitution of the Council, and the Constitution for 
Senior Sections adopted at the last Triennial Con- 
vention. 

Section 2. No Section of the Council, Senior 
or Junior, shall take any action involving the Na- 
tional Organization or any of its officers unless, 
at least ten days before the meeting, notification, 
in writing, of the proposed action shall have been 
sent to all members of the Section and to the 
National Officers. 

Section 3. All matters of National or Interna- 
tional scope shall be referred to the President 
and Executive Secretary. No member of the 
Council or of any Section thereof, whether hold- 
ing or not holding an office, shall undertake to 
speak or write on matters National or Interna- 
tional in such a way as to involve the Council 
directly or indirectly. 

The Dues 

Section 4. Each Section shall, through its 
Treasurer, send one-half of its dues collected up 
to these dates on the first day of June, November, 
January, March and April, to the National Treas- 
urer. 

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Meetings 

Section 5. Each Section shall hold meetings at 
least once a month, from October to May inclus- 
ive, and such other meetings as shall be neces- 
sary to carry out the plans of the Council and 
Section. 

Reports 

Section 6. It shall, through its Corresponding 
Secretary, on blanks furnished by the Executive 
Committee of the Council and by the first day 
of November, January and March, send a report 
of its progress, work and plans and by the first 
day of May an Annual Report to the Executive 
Secretary of the Council. 

Work 

Section 7. Each Section shall carry into prac- 
tice the plans sent out 'by the Executive Commit- 
tee and the Department of Immigrant Aid and the 
National Standing and Special Committees. 

Delegates 

Section 8. Each Section shall send to the Tri- 
ennial Conventions of the Council the President 
and one delegate or their alternates. 

Triennial 

Section 9. At the Triennial Conventions of the 
Council each Section shall be entitled to two (2) 
votes to be cast by the President and delegate or 
their alternates. 

All members shall have the privilege of propos- 
ing questions and of participating in all discus- 
sions at the Triennial Conventions but not of 
making motions nor of voting. 

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Junior Sections 

Section 10. Junior Sections shall conform to 
the above sections of Art. VII. except that at the 
Triennial Convention they shall be entitled to but 
one (1) vote in the election of National Officers 
and to two (2) votes on matters concerning Jun- 
ior Sections to be cast by the President and del- 
egate or their alternates. 

Article VIII. 
THE DUES 

Section 1. The fiscal year shall be from May 
1st to April 30th. 

Section 2. The dues for membership in a Sec- 
tion shall be Two (2) Dollars annually payable 
May 1st in advance, one-half of which shall be 
paid into the General Treasury of the Council. 
Members joining after March 1st of the current 
fiscal year shall be credited to the next fiscal year. 
On the first day of June. November, January, 
March and April, one-half of all Senior dues and 
one-third of all Junior dues collected up to these 
dates, shall be sent by Local Senior and Junior 
Treasurers respectively to the Treasurer of the 
Council. Out of this money the salary of the 
Executive Secretary shall be paid and the other 
expenses of the Council. Out of it shall also be 
paid the expenses incurred for and at the Trien- 
nial Convention and the meetings of the National 
Executive Committee. 

Section 3. Membership in the Council shallbe 
through Membership in the Sections, excepting 
only in such cities and towns in which there is 
no Section of the Council. Any woman living in 
a city or town in which there is no Section of the 

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Council may become a Member-at-Large by pay- 
ing the dues, Two (2) Dollars annually, payable 
May 1st in advance to the National Treasury. 

PATRONS OR SUBSCRIBERS 

Section 4. There shall be a graded system of 
annual subscribers to the Council, to be desig- 
nated as follows: Subscriber, $5.00; Patron, 
$10.00 to $25.00; Associate Donor, $25.00 to $50.00; 
Donor, $50.00 to $100.00; Friend, $100.00 or over, 
who shall be entitled to all privileges of the or- 
ganization, and at conventions to all privileges 
of delegates except that of voting. 

LIFE MEMBERS 

The payment of Five Hundred (500) Dollars 
shall constitute a life membership, which will en- 
title the holder to all privileges of the Council 
except that of voting. 

Article IX. 
MEETINGS 

Section 1. Conventions shall be held triennially 
at such place and time as shall be decided upon 
by the Executive Committee. Other meetings 
may be called for special purposes by the Execu- 
tive Committee. 

Section 2. Each Section of the Council shall 
send to the Triennial Convention the President 
and one delegate, or their alternates. Each Sec- 
tion shall be entitled to two (2) votes, to be cast 
by the delegates or alternates. The voting mem- 
bers of the Convention shall be: the General Offi- 
cers, viz.: President, First and Second Vice-Presi- 
dents, Vice-Presidents for States, Executive Sec- 
retary, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, 
the ten Directors, the President and delegate of 

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each Section or their alternates, the Chairmen 
of National Committees and the Department 
of Immigrant Aid and the President and dele- 
gate of Junior Sections or their alternates, who 
shall, however, be entitled to vote only as pro- 
vided in Art. VII, Sec. 10. All members of the 
Council shall have the privilege of proposing 
questions and entering discussions at the Conven- 
tions but not of making motions nor of voting. 

The Chairmen of Special Committees appointed 
to report at any Triennial Convention shall be 
members of the Convention and entitled to in- 
troduce motions and to vote. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

Section 3. The Executive Committee shall 
hold an annual meeting at such time and place as 
it shall determine. Special meetings shall be 
held at the call of the President or of any five 
members of the Executive Committee. 

Seven members of the Executive Committee 
shall constitute a quorum. 

Article X. 
AMENDMENTS 

Section 1. This Constitution may be amended 
by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the voting members 
present at the Triennial Convention of the Coun- 
cil. 

Section 2. Any Section proposing amendments 
to the Constitution shall send such proposed 
amendments to the Chairman of the Revision 
Committee (Art. Ill, Sec. 3) at least sixty (60) 
days prior to the Triennial Convention. 

Section 3. The meetings of this Association 
shall be governed by Roberts' Rules of Order. 

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CONSTITUTION 

FOR 

SENIOR SECTIONS 

As amended at the Sixth Triennial Convention held in 
Philadelphia, Pa.. December. 19 II. 



PREAMBLE. 

We, Jewish Women, sincerely believing that a 
closer fellowship, a greater unity of thought and 
purpose, and a nobler accomplishment will result 
from a widespread organization do therefore band 
ourselves together in a union of Workers to fur- 
ther the best and highest interests of humanity in 
fields Religious, Philanthropic and Educational. 



Article I. 
NAME 

This Association shall be called THE 

SECTION of THE COUNCIL OF JEWISR 
WOMEN. 

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Article II. 
OBJECTS 

The purposes of this organization are: To fur- 
ther united efforts in behalf of Judaism by supply- 
ing means of study; by an organic union to bring 
about closer relations among Jewish women; to 
furnish a medium for interchange of thought, and 
a means of communication and of prosecuting 
work of common interest; to further united efforts 
in the work of social betterment through Religion, 
Philanthropy and Education. 

Article III. 
MEMBERS 

Section 1. Any woman may become a member 
of this Association by sending to the Secretary 
her name and Two (2) Dollars as annual dues for 
the current fiscal year, one-half of which shall be 
paid into the National Treasury, 

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 

Section 2. Any man over twenty-one years old 
may become an Associate Member by paying Two 
(2) Dollars as annual dues for the current fiscal 
year, one-half of which shall be paid into the Na- 
tional Treasury. 

Article IV. 
THE DUES 

Section 1. The Fiscal Year shall extend from 
May 1st to April 30th. 

Section 2. The annual dues for Membership 
and for Associate Membership shall be Two (2) 

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Dollars, payable in advance May 1st of each year, 
one-half of which shall be paid into the National 
Treasury. Each new member shall pay to the 
Treasurer Two (2) Dollars, as his or her dues for 
the current fiscal year, before being recognized as 
a member. Members joining after March 1st 
shall be credited to the next fiscal year. 

Section 3. Any member who shall have failed 
to make two consecutive annual payments shall 
be considered to have withdrawn from the Sec- 
tion. 

Membership Ticket 

A uniform Membership Ticket shall be given in 
each Section as receipt for the dues. These Tick- 
ets shall be purchased from the National Treas- 
urer. 

Section 4. A member of any Local Section of 
the Council of Jewish Women taking up her res- 
idence in another city may, upon presentation of 
her membership ticket to the Secretary, become 
a member of the Section in that city for the cur- 
rent year. 

Article V. 

DUTIES OF SENIOR SECTIONS 

Constitution 

Section 1. Each Section shall, through its 
President and Secretary, accept and sign the Con- 
stitution of the Council and the Constitution for 
Senior Sections adopted at the last Triennial Con- 
vention. 

Section 2. No Section of the Council, Senior or 
Junior, shall take any action involving the Na- 

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tional Organization or any of its officers unless, 
at least ten days before the meeting, notification, 
in writing, of the proposed action shall have been 
sent to all members of the Section and to the 
National Officers. 

Section 3. All matters of National or Interna- 
tional scope shall be referred to the President 
and Executive Secretary. No member of the 
Council or of any Section thereof, w^hether hold- 
ing or not holding an office, shall undertake to 
speak or write on matters National or Interna- 
tional in such a way as to involve the Council 
directly or indirectly. 

The Dues 

Section 4. Each Section shall, through its 
Treasurer, send one-half of its dues collected up 
to these dates, on the first day of June, Novem- 
ber, January, March and April, to the National 
Treasurer. 

Meetings 

Section 5. Each Section shall hold meetings at 
least once a month, from October to May in- 
clusive, and such other meetings as shall be neces- 
sary to carry out the plans of the Council and 
Section. 

Reports 

Section 6. It shall, through its Corresponding 
Secretary, on blanks furnished by the Executive 
Committee of the Council and by the first day of 
November, January and March, send a report of 
its progress, work and plans and by the first day 
of May an Annual Report to the Executive Secre- 
tary of the Council. 

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Work 

Section 7. Each Section shall carry into prac- 
tice the plans sent out by the Executive Commit- 
tee, the National Standing and Special Commit- 
tees and the Department of Immigrant Aid. 

Triennial 

Section 8. Each Section shall send to the Tri- 
ennial Conventions of the Council the President 
and one delegate or their alternates. 

At the Triennial Conventions of the Council 
each Section shall be entitled to two (2) votes, 
to be cast by the President and delegate or their 
alternates. » 

Any Section proposing amendments to the Con- 
stitution shall send such proposed amendments 
to the Chairman of the Revision Committee at 
least sixty (60) days prior to the Triennial Con- 
vention. (Art. Ill, Sect. 3, P. 7.) 

All members shall have the privileges of pro- 
posing questions and of participating in all discus- 
sions at the Triennial Conventions, but not of 
making motions nor of voting. 

Article VI. 
OFFICERS 

Section 1. The officers of each Section shall 
be: a- President, a Vice-President or Vice- 
Presidents, a Secretary or Secretaries, a 
Treasurer, an Auditor and a Board of Di- 
rectors which shall be composed of as many 
members as the Section itself may determine. 
The officers (except the Auditor) and Board of 
Directors, together with the Chairmen of Com- 

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mittees corresponding- to National Committees 
and of other Standing Committees shall constitute 
the Executive Committee. 

Section 2. All officers shall be elected by ballot 
at the Annual Meeting in May. 

COMMITTEES 

Section 3. There shall be nine Standing Com- 
mittees: on Religion, Religious Schools, Philan- 
thropy, Junior Sections, Reciprocity, Peace and 
Arbitration, Immigrant Aid, Education and 
Purity of the Press, which shall be appointed by 
the President, and whose Chairmen shall be ex- 
officio members of the Executive Committee. 

Such o1:her Committees may be appointed by 
the President as occasion may demand. 

Section 4. A member of a Section holding an 
office in the Council shall by virtue of her office 
and during its duration have a seat in the Exe- 
cutive Committee of the Section of the city in 
which she lives and enjoy all the rights and privi- 
leges appertaining thereto. 

Article VII. 
DUTIES OF OFFICERS 
President 

Section 1. It shall be the duty of the President 
to preside at all meetings, to appoint all commit- 
tees within one month after her election and to 
perform the other duties usually pertaining to 
the office. She shall present a written report to 
the Annual Meeting, a duplicate of which shall 
be sent to the President of the Council and to the 
Vice-President for the State. 

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Vice-President 

Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Vice- 
President or Vice-Presidents in their order to 
perform the duties of the President in her ab- 
sence. 

Treasurer 

Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Treas- 
urer to collect and receive the dues and other 
moneys of and for the Section, and to be the 
custodian of all funds of the Section. She shall 
furnish a bond in such sum as the Executive Com- 
mittee shall determine. She shall send, on the 
first day of June, November, January, March and 
April, one-half of all dues collected up to these 
dates to the National Treasurer with a report and 
an accounting on blanks furnished by the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Council. She shall pay 
bills only upon the order of the Executive Com- 
mittee. She shall take and file vouchers and keep 
an account of all receipts, remittances and ex- 
penditures, and shall submit a written statement 
at the Annual Meeting, and at any other time on 
the request of the President or Executive Com- 
mittee. She shall present her books for inspec- 
tion to the Auditor immediately on the close of 
the fiscal year. She shall send to the National 
Treasurer a copy of her Annual Report to the 
Section as audited and as accepted by the Section 
at the Annual Meeting. 

Secretaries 

Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Record- 
ing Secretary to keep the Minutes of each meet- 
ing of the Section and of the Executive Commit- 

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tee and to read them at the following meeting-, 
to make from her Minutes an Order of Business 
for the use of the President and to keep all re- 
ports and documents sent to her. 

It shall be the duty of the Corresponding Sec- 
retary to conduct all correspondence of the Sec- 
tion, send out notices of meetings, and attend to 
press notices and printing. She shall send to the 
Executive Secretary of the Council and to the 
Vice-President for her State, monthly for the 
first year after organization, and thereafter by 
the first day of November, January, March and 
May (Annual Report), on blanks furnished by 
the Executive Committee of the Council, a re- 
port,, containing a list of nev^ members, an ac- 
counting of dues paid, and an account of the work 
and condition of the Section. She shall present 
a written report to the Annual Meeting in May, 
a duplicate of which shall be sent to the Execu- 
tive Secretary of the Council and the Vice-Presi- 
dent for the State. She shall keep a full and cor- 
rect list of members with their correct addresses, 
such list to be compared at least once a year with 
the Membership list of the Treasurer. 

Where there is only one Secretary she shall 
perform all the duties herein stated. 

Section 5. The Auditor shall audit the accounts 
of the Treasurer at the close of the fiscal year, 
and report at the Annual Meeting in May. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

Section 6. The Executive Committee shall hold 
a meeting within one week after the first Monday 
in May (Annual Meeting), and monthly there- 
after with the exception of June, July and August. 

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special meetings may be held at the call of the 
President, or at the written request of three mem- 
bers. All vacancies in the Executive Committee 
shall be filled at the next regular meeting of the 
Section. The Executive Committee may deter- 
mine each year the number of members necessary 
to constitute a quorum of its own body, and of 
the Section. It shall report action taken at its 
meetings for approval at the next regular meeting 
of the Section. 

The following shall be the Order of Business 
at the meeting of the Executive Committee: 

1. Roll Call. 

2. Reading Minutes of previous meeting. 

3. Reading of communications. 

4. Report of the Secretary. 

5. Report of the Treasurer. 

6. Reports of Special Committees. 

7. Reports of Standing Committees. 

8. Unfinished Business. 

9. New Business. 

The same Order of Business may be followed 
at the General Meeting, omitting roll call. 

Article VIII. 

DUTIES OF COMMITTEES 

Section 1. The Committees on Religion, Re- 
ligious Schools, Philanthropy, Reciprocity, Junior 
Sections, Peace, Immigrant Aid, Education, and 
Purity of the Press shall have at least three (3) 
members each, and shall put into practice the 
plans submitted by the like Committees or De- 
partments of the Council. 

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It shall be the duty of other Committees ap- 
pointed to co-operate with and to carry out the 
plans of their respective National Committees. 

CIRCLES 

Section 2. (a) It shall be the business of the 
Committee on Religion and of the Committee on 
Philanthropy to form "Circles for Reading and 
Study" of such size as is practicable (ten is rec- 
ommended as a good working number). In every 
circle one shall be chosen by the members of the 
Circle as Leader. 

LEADERS 

(b) The Leader, in consultation with the mem- 
bers of her Circle, shall arrange the place and 
time of meeting, which shall be at least fortnight- 
ly, and shall hold all communications with the 
respective local Committees. They shall report 
monthly to the local Chairman of their respective 
Committees work done and projected. 

RELIGION 

Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Commit- 
tee on Religion to carry out the plans of the Na- 
tional Committee on Religion. In addition to the 
formation of Circles it shall submit to the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Section subjects for papers 
to be prepared for and read at the general meet- 
ings. All official correspondence with the Circles 
shall be held with the leaders thereof. The Chair- 
man shall report monthly for the first year after 
organization and thereafter by the first day of 
November, January, March and May (Annual 
Report), on blanks furnished by the Executive 

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Committee of the Council, to the Chairman of the 
National Committee on Religion the nature, 
amount and success of work done, with sugges- 
tions for bettering the work for the ensuing year 
or years and shall send a duplicate of the report 
to the Executive Secretary of the Council. She 
shall present a written report to the Annual 
Meeting of the Section. 

RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS 

Section 5. It shall be the duty of the Commit- 
tee on Religious Schools to study the condition 
and needs of the Religious Schools, to establish 
classes in religion where none exist, to seek to 
provide all Jewish children with instruction in 
religion, and to carry out the plans of the Na- 
tional Committee on Religious Schools. They 
shall also endeavor to have members of the Sec- 
tion placed on local Religious School Boards. 
The Chairman shall submit to the Executive Com- 
mittee of the Section subjects for papers to be 
prepared for and read at the General Meetings. 
She shall report monthly for the first year after 
organization and thereafter by the first day of 
November, January, March and May (Annual 
Report), on blanks furnished by the Executive 
Committee of the Council, to the Chairman of the 
National Committee on Religious Schools the 
nature, amount and success of work done, with 
suggestions for bettering the work for the en- 
suing year or years and shall send a duplicate of 
the report to the Executive Secretary of the 
Council. She shall present a written report to 
the Annual Meeting of the Section. 

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PHILANTHROPY 

Section 6. It shall be the duty of the Commit- 
tee on Philanthropy, in addition to the formation 
of circles, to bring about organization of charities, 
or any other needed work in philanthropy and 
to carry out the plans of the National Committee 
on Philanthropy. The Chairman shall submit to 
the Executive Committee of the Section subjects 
for papers to be prepared for and read at the 
General Meetings. She shall report monthly for 
the first year after organization and thereafter 
by the first day of November, January, March 
and May (Annual Report), on blanks furnished 
by the Executive Committee of the Council, to 
the Chairman of the National Committee on Phil- 
anthropy, the nature, amount and success of work 
done and suggestions for bettering the work for 
the ensuing year or years and shall send a dupli- 
cate of the report to the Executive Secretary of 
the Council. She shall present a written report 
to the Annual Meeting of the Section. 

RECIPROCITY 

Section 7. It shall be the duty of the Commit- 
tee on Reciprocity to hold all communications 
with the National Committee on Reciprocity and 
to assist in making its work as effective as pos- 
sible. It shall pass upon, recommend and send 
to this Committee such papers as it deems desir- 
able for the Reciprocity Bureau. The Chairman 
shall report by the first day of November and 
May (Annual Report), on blanks furnished by the 
Executive Committee of the Council, to the Chair- 
man of the National Committee on Reciprocity, 
the nature, amount and success of work done, with 

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suggestions for bettering the work for the en- 
suing year or years and shall send a duplicate of 
the report to the Executive Secretary of the 
Council. She shall present a written report to the 
Annual Meeting of the Section. 

JUNIOR SECTIONS 

Section 8. It shall be the duty of the Commit- 
tee on Junior Sections to carry out the plans of 
the National Committee on Junior Sections. The 
Chairman shall report monthly for the first year 
after organization and thereafter by the first day 
of November, January, March and May (Annual 
Report), on blanks furnished by the Executive 
Committee of the Council, to the Chairman of the 
National Committee on Junior Sections, the na- 
ture, amount and success of the work done, with 
suggestions for bettering the work for the en- 
suing year or years and shall send a duplicate 
of the report to the Executive Secretary of the 
Council. She shall present a written report to 
the Annual Meeting of the Section. 

PEACE AND ARBITRATION 

Section 9. It shall be the duty of the Commit- 
tee on Peace and Arbitration to carry out the 
plans of the National Committee on Peace and Ar- 
bitration. The Chairman shall present a written 
report at the Annual Meeting, giving the nature, 
amount and success of work done, with sug- 
gestions for bettering the work during the ensu- 
ing year or years and the number of meetings 
held, and shall send duplicates of the report to 
the National Chairman on Peace and Arbitration 
and to the Executive Secretary by May 1st. 



IMMIGRANT AID 

Section 10. It shall be the duty of the Commit- 
tee on Immig^rant Aid to carry out the plans of 
the National Department of Immigrant Aid. 

The Chairman shall report monthly for the first 
year after organization and thereafter by the first 
day of November, January, March and May (An- 
nual Report), on blanks furnished by the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Council, to the Chairman 
of the National Department of Immigrant Aid 
the nature, amount and success of worls: done, 
w^ith suggestions for bettering the w^ork for the 
ensuing year or years and shall send a duplicate 
of the report to the Executive Secretary of the 
Council. She shall present a written report to 
the Annual Meeting of the Section. 

EDUCATION 

Section 11. It shall be the duty of the Commit- 
tee on Education to carry out the plans of the 
National Committee on Education. 

The Chairman shall report monthly for the first 
year after organization and thereafter by the first 
day of November, January, March and May (An- 
nual Report), on blanks furnished by the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Council, to the Chairman 
of the National Committee on Education the na- 
ture, amount and success of work done, with sug- 
gestions for bettering the work for the ensuing 
year or years and shall send a duplicate of the 
report to the Executive Secretary of the Council. 
She shall present a written report to the Annual 
Meeting of the Section. 

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PURITY OF THE PRESS 

Section 12. It shall be the duty of the Commit- 
tee on Purity of the Press to carry out the plans 
of the National Committee on Purity of the Press. 

The Chairman shall report monthly for the first 
year after organization and thereafter by the first 
day of November, January, March and May (An- 
nual Report), on blanks furnished by the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Council, to the Chairman 
of the National Committee on Purity of the Press 
the nature, amount and success of work done, 
with suggestions for bettering the work for the 
ensuing year or years and shall send a duplicate 
of the report to the Executive Secretary of the 
Council. She shall present a written report to 
the Annual Meeting of the Section. 

Article IX. 
MEETINGS 

Section 1. General meetings shall be held once 
a month, from October to May inclusive, at such 
time and place as the Executive Committee shall 
determine; at least once in three months a meet- 
ing shall be held at such time as shall suit the 
convenience of those occupied during the day. 
Such other meetings shall be held as are neces- 
sary for carrying out the work outlined by the Ex- 
ecutive Committee, the National Standing and 
Special Committees and the Department of Im- 
migrant Aid of the Council. 

Section 2. Special meetings shall be held on 
the call of the President, or upon the written re- 
quest of ten members. 

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Section 3. The Annual Meeting shall be held 
the first Monday in May, at such time and place 
as the Executive Committee shall determine. 

COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS 

Section 4. At the General Meeting in March 
the President shall appoint a Committee on Nom- 
inations, which shall consist of not less than three 
(3) members, one of whom shall be a member of 
the Executive Committee. Nominations shall be 
made from the floor and from among the names 
submitted and other names the Nominating Com- 
mittee of the Section may make a ticket or tickets. 
This Committee shall report at the April meeting 
and, not later than three weeks prior to the An- 
nual Meeting, shall send to the Secretary, in writ- 
ing, the ticket or tickets or a complete list of 
candidates for the offices of President, Vice-Pres- 
ident, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, Re- 
cording Secretary, Auditor and Directors whose 
terms expire. The Secretary shall cause the 
names submitted by the Nominating Committee 
to be printed in full with the announcement of the 
coming election upon the notices for the annual 
meeting in May. 

Section 5. The following Order of Business 
may be used for Annual Meetings: 

1. Reading of Minutes of Annual Meeting and 
of last General Meeting. 

2. Unfinished business. 

3. Communications and other new business. 

4. Report of the President, 

5. Report of the Secretary. 

6. Report of the Treasurer. 

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7. Reports of Standing Committees. 

8. Reports of Special Committees. 

9. Election of officers. 

Article X. 
ADDITIONS 

Additions may be made to this Constitution ac- 
cording to the needs of the Section, provided they 
do not conflict with its provisions and subject to 
the approval of the President and Executive Sec- 
retary of the Council. 

Such additions or amendments may be made at 
a general or special meeting by a two-thirds vote 
of the members present provided notification of 
the proposed amendments shall have been given 
at the meeting immediately preceding and shall 
have been sent to each member at least three days 
before action is to be taken. 

The meetings of this Association shall be gov- 
erned by Roberts' Rules of Order. 



STANDING RULE. 

When any Section undertakes any work in 
which it desires to interest the other Sections, it 
may send a statement to the Executive Secretary 
of the Council, whose duty it shall be to com- 
municate the matter to all Sections of the Council 
through their respective Presidents. 



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CONSTITUTION 

FOR THE 

SECTIONS 

OF THE 

Council of Jewish Juniors 

Amended at the Sixth Triennial Convention 
Philadelphia, Pa., December, 1911. 



PREAMBLE. 

Sincerely believing that a closer fellowship, a 
greater unity of thought and purpose and a nobler 
accomplishment will result from a widespread or- 
ganization, we do therefore band ourselves to- 
gether in a union of Workers to further the best 
and highest interests of humanity in fields Re- 
ligious, Philanthropic and Educational. 



Article I. 
NAME 

This organization shall be called the 

' SECTION 

of THE COUNCIL OF JEWISH JUNIORS. 

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OBJECTS Article 11. 

"The purpose of this organization is to form an 
organic union of Jewish Juniors; to bring about a 
closer fellowship and a greater unity of thought 
and purpose and to further the highest interests 
of Judaism in fields Religious, Philanthropic and 
Educational." 

Article III. 
MEMBERSHIP 

Section 1. Any person between the ages of fif- 
teen (15) and twenty-five (25) years may become 
a member by sending to the Secretary his or her 
name and One Dollar as dues for the current fiscal 
year, and may remain a member until twenty-five 
(25) years of age if unmarried. 

DUES ^^*^^^^ ^V. 

Section 1. The fiscal year shall be from May 1 
to April 30th. 

Section 2. The annual dues for membership shall 
be One (1) Dollar, payable May 1st in advance, 
one-third of which shall be paid into the National 
Treasury. Each new member shall pay to the 
Treasurer One (1) Dollar as dues for the current 
fiscal year before being recognized as a member. 
Members entering after March 1st shall be cred- 
ited to the next fiscal year. 

Section 3. Any member in arrears at the An- 
nual Meeting shall not be eligible for office, nor 
have a vote. No one entering later than March 
shall be entitled to vote at the annual election. 

MEMBERSHIP TICKET 

Section 4. A uniform Membership Ticket shall 
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be given in each Section as receipt for the dues. 
This ticket shall be procured from the National 
Treasurer of the Council. A member of any- 
Junior Section removing to another city may, 
upon presentation of his or her membership ticket 
to the Secretary, become a member of the Junior 
Section in that city for the current year. 

Article V. 

DUTIES OF JUNIOR SECTIONS 

Constitution 

Section 1. Each Junior Section shall, through 
its President and Secretary, accept and sign the 
Constitution of the Council and the Constitution 
for Junior Sections as amended at the last Trien- 
nial. 

A Junior Section shall not undertake independ- 
ently any work already initiated by the Senior 
Section. It shall in all cases of correspondence 
or co-operation use the name "Junior Section." 
It shall undertake no work in connection with a 
civic movement without first having obtained the 
endorsement of the Senior Section. 

Section 2. No Section of the Council, Senior or 
Junior, shall take any action involving the Na- 
tional Organization or any of its officers unless at 
least ten days before the meeting, notification, in 
writing, of the proposed action shall have been 
sent to all members of the Section and to the Na- 
tional officers. 

Section 3. All matters of National or Interna- 
tional scope shall be referred to the President and 
Executive Secretary. No member of the Council 
or of any Section thereof, whether holding or not 
holding an office, shall undertake to speak or write 

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on matters National or International in such a 
way as to involve the Council directly or in- 
directly. 
Dues 

Section 4. Each Junior Section shall send on 
the first day of June, November, January, March 
and April, one-third of its dues collected up to 
these dates to the National Treasury. 

Meetings 

Section 5. Each Junior Section shall hold 
meetings at least once a month, from October to 
May inclusive, and such other meetings as shall 
be necessary to carry out the plans of the Nation- 
al Committee on Junior Sections and the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Council. 
Triennial 

Section 6. Each Junior Section shall send to 
the Triennial Conventions of the Council the 
President and one delegate or their alternates. 

Any Section proposing amendments to the Con- 
stitution shall send such proposed amendments 
to the Chairman of the Revision Committee at 
least sixty (60) days prior to the Triennial Con- 
vention. (Art. Ill, Sec. 3, P. 7.) 

Section 7. At the Triennial Conventions of the 
Council each Junior Section shall be entitled to 
one vote in the election of National Officers and 
to two votes on all questions pertaining to Junior 
Sections, such votes to be cast by the President 
and delegate or their alternates. 

Members shall have the privileges of proposing 
questions and of participating in discussions at 
the Triennial Conventions but not of making mo- 
tions nor of voting. 

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Article VI. 
OFFICERS 

Section 1. The officers of each Section shall 
be: a President, a Vice-President or Vice-Presi- 
dents, a Secretary or Secretaries, a Treasurer, an 
Auditor and a Board of Directors composed of 
as many members as the Section itself may deem 
necessary. 

Section 2. The officers (except the Auditor), 
the Directors, the Chairmen of Standing Commit- 
tees and the Chairman and two other members 
of the Senior Committee on Junior Sections shall 
constitute the Executive Committee. 

Section 3. All officers shall be elected by bal- 
lot at the Annual Meeting in May. 

Section 4. Any member who shall have failed 
to make two consecutive annual payments shall 
be considered to have withdrawn from the Sec- 
tion. 

Section 5. Any member of a Junior Section 
holding an office in the Council shall, by virtue of 
that office and during its duration, have a seat in 
the Board of Directors of the Junior Section of 
the city in which he or she lives and enjoy all 
the rights and privileges appertaining thereto. 
He or she shall have a seat in the Board of the 
Senior Section but not the privilege of voting 
nor of making motions. 

Article VII. 
DUTIES OF OFFICERS 
President 

Section 1. It shall be the duty of the President 
to preside at all meetings, to appoint within one 
month after the election, subject to the approval 

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of the Executive Committee, the Standing Com- 
mittees and such other committees as may be 
necessary to carry out the plans of and for the 
Junior Section. He or she shall perform the other 
duties usually pertaining to the office. He or she 
shall present a report to the Annual Meeting, a 
duplicate of which shall be sent to the Chairman 
on Junior Sections and to the Executive Secretary 
of the Council. 

Vice-President 

Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Vice- 
President or Vice-Presidents, in their order, to 
perform the duties of the President in his or her 
absence. 

Secretaries 

Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Record- 
ing Secretary to keep the Minutes of each meet- 
ing of the Section and of the Executive Commit- 
tee, to read them at the following meeting, to 
make from the Minutes an Order of Business for 
the use of the President and to keep all reports 
and documents sent to her. 

It shall be the duty of the Corresponding Sec- 
retary to conduct all correspondence of the Sec- 
tion, send out notices of meetings and attend to 
press notices and printing. He or she shall send 
to the National Chairman on Junior Sections and 
to the Executive Secretary monthly for the first 
year after organization and thereafter on the first 
day of November, January, March and May (An- 
nual Report), on blanks furnished by the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Council, a report contain- 
ing a list of new members, an accounting of dues 

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paid, and an account of the work, condition and 
plans of the Section. He or she shall present a 
written report to be presented to the Annual 
Meeting in May, a duplicate of which shall be 
sent to the National Chairman on Junior Sections 
and to the Executive Secretary of the Council. 

Where there is only one Secretary, he or she 
shall perform all the duties herein stated. 

Treasurer 

Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Treas- 
urer to collect and receive the dues and other 
moneys of and for the Section, and to be the cus- 
todian of all funds of the Section. He or she shall 
send on the first day of June, November, January, 
March and April, to the National Treasurer one- 
third of all dues collected up to these dates, with 
a report and an accounting on blanks furnished 
by the Executive Committee of the Council, shall 
pay bills only on the order of the Executive Com- 
mittee, shall take and file vouchers, keep an ac- 
count of all receipts, remittances and expendi- 
tures, and shall submit a written statement at the 
Annual Meeting and at any other time on re- 
quest of the President or Executive Committee 
and shall present the books for inspection to the 
Auditor. 

Section 5. The Auditor shall audit the accounts 
of the Treasurer, and report at the Annual Meet- 
ing in May. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

Section 6. The Executive Committee shall hold 
meetings at least once a month from September 
to May inclusive. A meeting shall be held within 
one week after the annual election. 

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special meetings may be held at the call of the 
President or upon the written request of two 
members. 

All vacancies in the Executive Committee shall 
be filled at the next regular meeting of the Junior 
Section. 

The Executive Committee shall determine each 
year the number of members necessary to con- 
stitute a quorum of its own body and of the 
Junior Section. It shall report action taken at 
its meetings for approval at the next regular 
meeting of the Section, 

Article VIII. 
COMMITTEES 

Section 1. There shall be a Committee on Re- 
ligion, on Philanthropy, on Reciprocity, and on 
Peace and Arbitration of not less than three 
members each. 

DUTIES OF COMMITTEES 

Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Commit- 
tees on Religion, on Philanthropy and on Peace 
in consultation with the Chairman of the Senior 
Committee on Junior Sections to arrange for the 
work of the Section in their respective subjects. 

Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Commit- 
tee on Reciprocity to arrange for the interchange 
of papers, speakers and for whatever may tend 
to mutual benefit between Sections. 

Article IX. 
MEETINGS 

Section 1. General Meetings shall be held at 
least once a month, from October to May inclus- 

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ive, at such time and place as the Executive Com- 
mittee shall determine. Such other meetings 
shall be held as are necessary to carry out the 
plans of the National Committee on Junior Sec- 
tions and of the Executive Committee. 

Section 2. Special Meetings shall be held on 
the call of the President or upon the written re- 
quest of ten members. 

Section 3. The Annual Meeting shall be held 
the first week in May at such time and place as 
the Executive Committee shall determine. 

COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS 

Section 4. At the General Meeting in March 
the President shall appoint a Committee on Nom- 
inations which shall consist of not less than three 
members one of whom shall be a member of the 
Executive Committee. Nominations shall be 
made from the floor and from among the names 
submitted and other names the Nominating Com- 
mittee of the Section may make a ticket or tick- 
ets. This Committee shall report at the April 
meeting, and not later than three weeks prior to 
the Annual Meeting shall send to the Secretary, 
in writing, the ticket or tickets, or a complete list 
of candidates for the offices of President, Vice- 
President, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, 
Recording Secretary, Auditor, and Directors 
whose terms expire. The Secretary shall cause 
the names sent him or her to be printed in full, 
with the announcement of the coming election, 
upon the notices for the Annual Meeting in May. 

Section 5. The following Order of Business 
may be used for Annual Meetings: 

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1. Reading of Minutes of last General Meeting. 

2. Reading- of Minutes of last Annual Meeting. 

3. Report of the President, 

4. Report of the Secretary. 

5. Report of the Treasurer. 

6. Reports of Special Committees. 

7. Reports of Standing Committees. 

8. Unfinished business. 

9. Communications and other new business. 

10. Collection of dues. 

11. Election of Officers. 

Article X. 
ADDITIONS 

Additions may be made to this Constitution ac- 
cording to the needs of the Section provided they 
do not conflict with its provisions and subject to 
the approval of the Chairman on Junior Sections 
and the President and Executive Secretary of the 
Council. Such additions or amendments may be 
made at a General, Special or Annual Meeting, 
provided notification of the proposed amendments 
has been given at the meeting immediately pre- 
ceding or shall have been sent to each member 
at least three days before action is to be taken. 

The meetings shall be governed by Roberts' 
Rules of Order. 



STANDING RULE 

When any Section undertakes any work in 
which it desires to interest the other Sections, it 
may send a statement to the Executive Secretary 
of the Council whose duty it shall be to com- 
municate the matter to all Sections of the Council 
through their respective Presidents. 

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